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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> intriguing new twists and turns in the scandal that's gripping washington, indeed the nation and much of the world. the affair that led general dividend petraeus to resign as director of the central intelligence agency. we're finding out that at least one lawmaker here in washington may have learned of it ahead of the president and there are questions about the investigation that led to petraeus' stunning downfall. brian todd's been working the story for us and getting new information. brian, tell our viewers what's the latest? >> we found out that the house majority leader, republican congressman eric cantor, may have found out almost two weeks before the president did. this and other time lines we're following on the investigation have led to genuine anger over why the white house and other top congressional leaders weren't told sooner. a time line cnn has put together shows the republican house majority leader may have known about former cia dire
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> mitt romney's primary sweep this week sounded the death nell for newt gingrich's campaign and the romney versus obama battle for the rouwhite house has shif up a gear. our national political reporter is following this. jim, what are you seeing now? >> with the republican race now over, there are only two men left standing, president obama and mitt romney and they're already throwing hard punches, even though it's only april. president obama's visit with college students in iowa may have been about financial aid but it was one more sign that school is in session in the race for the white house. >> some suggest that students like you have to pay more so we can help bring down the deficit. th think about that. >> the president has been doing his reelection homework basically ever since he got in office. from february 2009 on he's made 126 visit to 14 battle ground states. >> is it easier to make ends meet. >> no. >> mitt romney was just in one of those
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> mitt romney's primary sweep this week sounded the death nell for newt gingrich's campaign and the romney versus obama battle for the rouwhite house has shif up a gear. our national political reporter is following this. jim, what are you seeing now? >> with the republican race now over, there are only two men left standing, president obama and mitt romney and they're already throwing hard punches, even though it's...
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i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> monday's third and final presidential debate will be a serious challenge for both candidates. it's focused on international policy and arena where both mitt romney lacks experience and the obama administration is under growing criticism, especially when it comes to the situation in the middle east. let's start with cnn's white house correspondent dan loathian. i assume officials in the white house campaign they know the president has questions he's going to answer. >> reporter: that's correct, wolf. and there doesn't appear to be much of a difference between the two candidates when it comes to foreign policy. but the president is getting prepared in study hall this weekend out at camp david. i think when you talk to folks out there, most people believe the president does have an advantage going into this debate. we expect he'll talk about getting osama bin laden but no one here at the white house, no one with the campaign is under estimating gov
i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> monday's third and final presidential debate will be a serious challenge for both candidates. it's focused on international policy and arena where both mitt romney lacks experience and the obama administration is under growing criticism, especially when it comes to the situation in the middle east. let's start with cnn's white house correspondent dan loathian. i assume officials in the white house campaign they know the...
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm john king. tonight, your tax dollars. and the federal employees who bragged about breaking the rules to waste them. outrage mounts. >>> plus, mitt romney says president obama should start packing. but our brand new poll tonight suggests the incumbent democrat has a big early advantage. and the embarrassing prostitution scandal around president obama's trip to colombia. more than 20 secret service and military personnel now under investigation. >>> we begin with significant new and breaking developments in the allegations against security personnel charged with protecting president obama during his trip to colombia for a major international summit. i'm told the expanding investigation now involves more than 20 people. 11 secret service personnel and 10 department of defense personnel. government officials familiar with the case also tell me tonight, all 11 secret service personnel had their security clearances revoked effective today. effective today they can get those back if they
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. >>> it is time for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. wolf? >> ted, thanks very much. happening now. another top commander in a widening scandal swirling around general david petraeus. john allen is now the subject of a pentagon investigation. it centers around hundreds, possibly thousands of e-mails sent to this woman. details of where she fits into an increasingly tangled web of relationships. i'll talk about all of this with the chair of the senate intelligence committee. dianne feinstein says it is like something off the front page of a tab roid mloid magazine and s demanding answers. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with stunning twists in the scandal that brought down the head of the cia, general david petraeus. another u.s. general is caught in the same tangled web. john allen, top commander in afghanistan, is being investigated by the pentagon for allegedly sending inappropriate e-mails to a married woman, the same woman whose complaint of threatening e-mails from general petraeus' lover cracked the scandal wide open. barbara st
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized "costa philosopconcord" the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ship's captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. now a stunning -- the transcript between outrages authorities on shore and the captain. matthew chance is faults this unfold. what's the latest, matthew? >> reporter: these transcripts and recordings that have emerged of astonishing. they show conversations that were taking place between the captain of the "costa concordia." his name is francesco scampino. the coast guard asking about the situation. he sounds confused. then emerges much to the astonishment of is the coast guard that the captain has abandoned the ship, while hundreds of passengers are still on board, some bo
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> eight days after his re-election, president obama faced reporters in the midst of an unfolding scandal and with a potential economic crisis holding over his head. but he only got riled up when he responded to republican criticism of his united nations ambassador susan rice. more on that coming up. standby. but first, the president's careful responses about the investigation of this former cia chief david petraeus and on negotiations to avoid what's called the fiscal cliff. our white house correspondent jessica yellin was over at the east strip of the white house. you had a chance to speak to the president and ask him about that looming fiscal cliff. >> reporter: hi, wolf. that's right, i did. i asked the president why anyone should believe that he won't cave off of his position that he will not extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest since he did just that in 2010. he said that he made his case explicitly clear during the last election. and that the
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> eight days after his re-election, president obama faced reporters in the midst of an unfolding scandal and with a potential economic crisis holding over his head. but he only got riled up when he responded to republican criticism of his united nations ambassador susan rice. more on that coming up. standby. but first, the president's careful responses about the investigation of this former cia chief david petraeus and on...
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time now for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. >>> fred, thanks very much. happening now, lawmakers lashing out at the president, the news media and each other. tempers flare as congress probes the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. you're about to hear a tape of senator john mccain's contentious exchange with cnn. also, we've seen pictures like this of the benghazi compound on september 11th, but today for the first time lawmakers are seeing surveillance video of the assault that killed the united states ambassador, three other americans. i'll talk to one u.s. senator about what that video shows. and mitt romney's speaking out about his election loss blaming what he calls gifts -- that's a quote, gifts, the president people gave to people who voted for him. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> tempers flaring on capitol hill. senator john mccain lashing out at one of our cnn producers who questioned why he was missing a key hearing on the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. mccain has been a sharp critic of
time now for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. >>> fred, thanks very much. happening now, lawmakers lashing out at the president, the news media and each other. tempers flare as congress probes the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. you're about to hear a tape of senator john mccain's contentious exchange with cnn. also, we've seen pictures like this of the benghazi compound on september 11th, but today for the first time lawmakers are seeing...
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wolf blitzer is off. i'm candy crowley. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world with. you're in "the situation room." puerto rico isn't often a hotbed of american politics but certainly is right now sunday's republican presidential primary looming. 20 delegates are up for grabs and as mitt romney and rick santorum will be the first to tell you, every one of those delegateses koubt es counts. jim acosta is watching it unfold for us in san juan. you had the opportunity to see both of these candidates, jim. >> reporter: that's right, candy, and it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out, because naturally mitt romney has been given sort of the advantage here in puerto rico. s' got the endorsement of this territory's governor, luis fortunio but the governor welcomed senator santorum to the island when he arrived earlier this beak. i have to tell you what everybody is talking about here on this island is this language controversy that flared up when rick santorum talked to a puerto rican newspaper and said that the territory's adoption
wolf blitzer is off. i'm candy crowley. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world with. you're in "the situation room." puerto rico isn't often a hotbed of american politics but certainly is right now sunday's republican presidential primary looming. 20 delegates are up for grabs and as mitt romney and rick santorum will be the first to tell you, every one of those delegateses koubt es counts. jim acosta is watching it unfold for us in san juan. you had the opportunity...
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wolf blitzer's off. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." >>> a major test of the two-day-old cease-fire between israel and hamas. the militant group says israeli soldiers fired on farmers trying to reach their land near the border killing one person and injuring 25 others. the israeli military says the people were protesters trying to enter israel and that they ignored warning shots. while that incident is being disputed, there's broad agreement that the recent fighting has left hamas in a stronger position than it was before. cnn's brian todd has more for us. brian, what's going on with hamas? >> joe, right now it certainly looks hamas is stronger politically morning it was before this. a group u.s. and israel consider a terrorist group. at this moment it's the major power among the palestinians. in gaza, celebrations and declarations of victory. this is the side which had scores of its facilities destroyed, more than 100 of its people killed. yet for the leaders of hamas, it signifies a strategy that works.
wolf blitzer's off. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." >>> a major test of the two-day-old cease-fire between israel and hamas. the militant group says israeli soldiers fired on farmers trying to reach their land near the border killing one person and injuring 25 others. the israeli military says the people were protesters trying to enter israel and that they ignored warning shots. while that incident is being disputed, there's broad agreement that the recent...
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essentially sided with wolf blitzer. at the same time called newt gingrich out as a bully saying if you're going to say that off the stage, i want you to say it to my face. that exchange showed me just how well prepared and determined mitt romney was in this debate. >> chilling stuff. great battle motion there and battle action. by the way, susan, you are a real pro. george will once told me years ago, the great columnist, that as an opinion writer, you have to be willing to walk through the locker room if you're writing a tough column on the team. that's part of the job. wolf walked through the lion's den last night. >> he did. one of the things that was working in mitt romney's favor is the audience was with him. one of the things that's given newt gingrich a lot of energy, especially in the big south carolina debate a week ago monday, was that the crowd was with him. that boosted newt gingrich and changed the dynamic of that debate. in the debate last night, the crowd wasn't entirely with mitt romney, but some of it w
essentially sided with wolf blitzer. at the same time called newt gingrich out as a bully saying if you're going to say that off the stage, i want you to say it to my face. that exchange showed me just how well prepared and determined mitt romney was in this debate. >> chilling stuff. great battle motion there and battle action. by the way, susan, you are a real pro. george will once told me years ago, the great columnist, that as an opinion writer, you have to be willing to walk through...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it could get lonely being the front-runner especially if you're way out front in new hampshire as romney is now. the first in the nation primary is only five days away. that makes him the prime target of his rivals, but they're also squabbling among themselves and while romney can afford to look ahead to south carolina, some candidates can't afford to fall further behind. let's go to john king in new hampshire. john, you're on the scene for us. give us the lay of the land right now. the big picture. what's going on? >> five days out, wolf, you would have to say new hampshire is romney country. just like in iowa, you have the campaigns now gearing up for their final push. we see more lawn signs than we did in iowa, but nowhere near the level of past campaigns. the reason, people here are pretty well considered to believe that romney will win. he won by eight votes in iowa. he's up by 30 points here. 48% for romne
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peter king told wolf blitzer he's been told 11 women were brought back to the hotel where the secret service agents were staying. >> this is a serious, serious violation of everything the secret service stands for. what these 11 agents did put the potentially puts any president at risk. puts themselves at risk. leaves themselves open to blackmail and to threats. >> jessica yellin is here with me. as the investigation goes on, they are insisting the president was never at risk. that it's embarrassing. it's humiliating. but that he was never at risk. when you gauktalk about 11 secr service agencies, ten members of the military -- >> it's not ideal, john, to say the very least. the reason they say he wasn't at risk it was several days before the president orifd. and because they make the point that even if a housekeeper were to come into their room, they are always careful about hide anything sensitive materials. never leaving out anything that could be compromising. at the same time i've spoken to a long list of former secret service agents today and some current government officials w
peter king told wolf blitzer he's been told 11 women were brought back to the hotel where the secret service agents were staying. >> this is a serious, serious violation of everything the secret service stands for. what these 11 agents did put the potentially puts any president at risk. puts themselves at risk. leaves themselves open to blackmail and to threats. >> jessica yellin is here with me. as the investigation goes on, they are insisting the president was never at risk. that...
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wolf blitzer was ready and he went right back. give you the last word. >> you can only get away with that kind of thing if you are a candidate. if you are in the right. if you are picking at every little thing and you are not in the right, and the person asks you a legitimate question and you pull that, it may work inside the building, but it doesn't work with the broader audience. >> bill: that's my column by the way a plug-in on bill o'reilly.com newspaper column this week. bernie goldberg, everybody. be back the following monday we hope. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. trying to get acto the bottom of a conversation with governor jan brewer and president obama. see that finger? that looks like my finger there. not easy to get to the bottom of this story. a lot of subterfuge. we have the report. lou dobbs on whether money will ever prevent mitt romney will ever prevent mitt romney from [ monica ] i'm away on a movie shoot and it hasn't been going exactly as planned. cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd b
wolf blitzer was ready and he went right back. give you the last word. >> you can only get away with that kind of thing if you are a candidate. if you are in the right. if you are picking at every little thing and you are not in the right, and the person asks you a legitimate question and you pull that, it may work inside the building, but it doesn't work with the broader audience. >> bill: that's my column by the way a plug-in on bill o'reilly.com newspaper column this week. bernie...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> they were a critical part of his winning coalition in 2008. and this year president obama needs latino voters more than ever as he faces a very tough re-election campaign. just a few hours ago the president addressed one of the country's largest hispanic conventions laying out his vision not only for immigration reform, but also for the country's economic future. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is traveling with the president in florida. jessica, after a surprise move last week ending deportations for some illegal immigrants brought to the united states as children, did the president use that and more to politically go after mitt romney? >> reporter: he did, wolf, but not by name. he sounded almost defiant, wolf, in insisting that his executive action on immigration last week was the right thing to do. he called out congress for failing to pass the dream act through legislation. here's the president speaking just a short time ag
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> they were a critical part of his winning coalition in 2008. and this year president obama needs latino voters more than ever as he faces a very tough re-election campaign. just a few hours ago the president addressed one of the country's largest hispanic conventions laying out his vision not only for immigration reform, but also for the country's economic future. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it's been an amazing few days in the race for the presidency. newt gingrich is go to get out and mitt romney wing five more states last night, and all, but clenching the nomination and the general election campaign under way. our chief political analyst gloria borger is here in "the situation room." gingrich effectively, we knew which was going to happen for sure, suspending his campaign and santorum getting ready to endorse mitt romney. what's going on over here? this general election campaign clearly under way. we're going see six months of this now. >> we are. the first thing we're looking at is republicans and will they fall in line behind mitt romney. as you know, they're skeptical, conservatives about him. they're in the process of warming up to mitt romney. i've got some tape for you, wolf, from a focus wolf that was done by the annenberg center by pollster peter hart. these are republican voters in the s
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it's been an amazing few days in the race for the presidency. newt gingrich is go to get out and mitt romney wing five more states last night, and all, but clenching the nomination and the general election campaign under way. our chief political analyst gloria borger is here in "the situation room." gingrich effectively, we knew which was going to happen for sure, suspending...
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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening, i'm john king. tonight, republicans teller i can holder he mislead them about drug trafficking program and say he can't be trusted now to investigate major intelligence leaks. holder he defends his record. >>> more dramatic testimony on day two of the jerry sandusky trial. court documents suggest penn state administrators kept secret files about the long time assistant football coach. >>> and secretary of state hillary clinton lashes out against russia, accusing it of shipping attack helicopters to syria as the assad has a crackdown on dissent. >>> we begin with today's dramatic, intensely partisan confrontations between senate republicans and attorney general of the united states. a feisty appearance before the senate judiciary committee, attorney jenner i can holder refused demands that he apoint special counsel to investigate recent leaks of sensitive national security information. >> two people i pointed to look into matters are fi
i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening, i'm john king. tonight, republicans teller i can holder he mislead them about drug trafficking program and say he can't be trusted now to investigate major intelligence leaks. holder he defends his record. >>> more dramatic testimony on day two of the jerry sandusky trial. court documents suggest penn state administrators kept secret files about the long time assistant football coach....
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i'm wolf blitzer in chicago. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling -- that's a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even for the wealthiest americans. i just sat down with the former president here in chicago at the clinton global initiative, and i asked him about that. >> what i was saying yesterday, which is apparently not accurate, is that if this fiscal cliff comes to the president and the congress and the country before the election, he can't afford to give up his position and he shouldn't. that we'll have revenues to deal with this debt long term and asking those of us to pay taxes. i support that position. i always have, and -- but the republicans feel t
i'm wolf blitzer in chicago. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling -- that's a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> united nations is calling north korea's attempted rocking launch deplorable and destabilizing, even though it broke apart and fell into the sea and now, u.n. officials are warning the nation. stan grant is getting rare access inside north korea. stan? r. >> reporter: it started with a day of so much hope. this was the crowning achievement, the day they put a satellite into orbit. it went terribly wrong. that will not deter this nation. they're going to press ahead with more. ♪ from disaster to glory in a day. in north korea, history is what you make it. as always is here. this is about the power of images and the worship of their leader. two massive statues of the founder of the country and his son, kim jong-il. watching over the third generation of this dynasty, the newly crown eed se preem leader kim jong-un. this is how north korea is responding with the scene of triumph, this massive statues. when you're r
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> united nations is calling north korea's attempted rocking launch deplorable and destabilizing, even though it broke apart and fell into the sea and now, u.n. officials are warning the nation. stan grant is getting rare access inside north korea. stan? r. >> reporter: it started with a day of so much hope. this was the crowning achievement, the day they put a...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with just 27 days to go until the presidential election, we begin with mitt romney's bumpy day out there on the campaign trail. first, his campaign had to clarify something romney said earlier about abortion later. they said romney will stop telling a new story apparently designed to show his softer side. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta is in ohio right now on the road with the romney campaign. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney's been trying to open up to voters in recent days telling stories of friends who have died, even service members who have died in combat. but the mother of one falling navy s.e.a.l.s. says she's offended as democrats accuse romney of trying to hide his true beliefs. it's been a staple of the stump speeches, the gop nominee talking about the deaths of friends, even soldier who is have inspired him. >> i've met some wonderful people. one was a former navy s.e.a.l.s. glen dougherty. and we chatted for a while. >>
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with just 27 days to go until the presidential election, we begin with mitt romney's bumpy day out there on the campaign trail. first, his campaign had to clarify something romney said earlier about abortion later. they said romney will stop telling a new story apparently designed to show his softer side. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta is in ohio right now on the road with the romney campaign. >>...
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wolf blitzer, thank you. do appreciate it. i like to give a plug to your show. tune in at 4:00 p.m. eastern today, "the situation room," only on cnn. thank you, wolf. >> thank you. >>> i have some stuff i want to bring to light. we have a couple more nuggets coming to light in the david petraeus scandal. a friend of the suddenly disgraced cia chief and former four-star general says that general petraeus never gave paula broadwell classified information and has not had affairs with any other women. and i will suggest, once again, even though the local newspaper suggests that indeed there's another person who happens to be a woman, separately this friend, who has spoke ton to general petraeus throughout the weekend, quote, is he taking this hard. he sees this as a failure and this is a man who has never failed at anything, end quote. i also want to play for you a piece of an interview that we were mining this morning that paula broadwell gave to the, site examiner.com because she was out on the book circuit promoting her bestselling biography of david petraeus. listen to the words tha
wolf blitzer, thank you. do appreciate it. i like to give a plug to your show. tune in at 4:00 p.m. eastern today, "the situation room," only on cnn. thank you, wolf. >> thank you. >>> i have some stuff i want to bring to light. we have a couple more nuggets coming to light in the david petraeus scandal. a friend of the suddenly disgraced cia chief and former four-star general says that general petraeus never gave paula broadwell classified information and has not had...
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. >>> donald trump versus wolf blitzer. their war of words on live tv. >> donald, you're beginning to sound a the little ridiculous, i have to tell you. >> i think you are, wolf. let me tell you something, i think you sound ridiculous. >>> plus the white house apologizing after president obama accidentally insults the people of poland. >>> and a pilot pulls off a miracle after the plane's propellor ends up on the roof of a house. on that note, good morning to you. welcome to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolin. >> just hate when that happens. just ruins your morning, doesn't it? good morning, everybody. zoraida and i are here to bring you the news from "a" to "z." it's 5:00 in the a.m. let's get started. >>> first, donald trump sucking the air out of the whole evening, stealing mitt romney's thunder after last night's texas primary victory. romney now has more than enough delegates to clinch the republican nomination, but not everyone is talking about that this morning. instead, it seems to be all about the trump and barack
. >>> donald trump versus wolf blitzer. their war of words on live tv. >> donald, you're beginning to sound a the little ridiculous, i have to tell you. >> i think you are, wolf. let me tell you something, i think you sound ridiculous. >>> plus the white house apologizing after president obama accidentally insults the people of poland. >>> and a pilot pulls off a miracle after the plane's propellor ends up on the roof of a house. on that note, good morning...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> across southern israel and gaza right now, you can smell the smoke. see the damage and feel the fear. palestinian officials now say more than 100 people killed in gaza after nearly a week of air attacks by israel. israel says hamas militants can stop the suffering in a second if they stop shooting hundreds of rockets across the border. those rockets have killed three israelis since the conflict began. the u.n. secretary general has arrived in egypt as part of an urgent international push for a cease fire. israeli troops and tanks on the border awaiting the order that could come at any time to invade gaza and turn this to in to a full-scale war. my colleagues and i are in the region. we are covering all sides of this conflict as only cnn can. earlier today i traveled to southern israel, tt's near israel's border with gaza where people live every day with a threat of rocket attacks and we experience what they go through firsthand. within minutes of ar
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> across southern israel and gaza right now, you can smell the smoke. see the damage and feel the fear. palestinian officials now say more than 100 people killed in gaza after nearly a week of air attacks by israel. israel says hamas militants can stop the suffering in a second if they stop shooting hundreds of rockets across the border. those rockets have killed three israelis since the conflict began. the u.n. secretary...
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wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right flow. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happens now on this the eve of the arizona republican presidential debate, brand-new poll numbers just out that show -- guess what -- a very, very tight contest in this critical primary state. also satan at war with america? some old and controversial remarking are now coming back to haunt rick santorum. >>> plus president obama's vow to the middle class and his message to congress. does he really expect republicans to take up his agenda? we'll go inside his strategy. i'm wolf blitzer in mesa, arizona, you're in "the situation room." this just coming in. on the eve of the new nuclear weapons showing that just how tight the race is. take a look 32% say rick san storm, but with the sampling eras that's constituentically a tie. ron paul coming in at 6%, let's go in depth right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger and depend can i washington bureau chief michael crowley. gloria, first you. arizona we all thought was supposed to be relatively easy for mitt rom in, but this a
wolf blitzer. "the situation room" starts right flow. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happens now on this the eve of the arizona republican presidential debate, brand-new poll numbers just out that show -- guess what -- a very, very tight contest in this critical primary state. also satan at war with america? some old and controversial remarking are now coming back to haunt rick santorum. >>> plus president obama's vow to the middle class and his message to congress....
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> every last one in the battle for the white house could come down to every new job created or lost. new numbers out today show the economy added 200,000 jobs last month here in the united states. and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%. the lowest level in nearly three years. president obama says his policies have a loot to do with it. no surprise, the republican presidential candidates don't buy them. >> the economy's moving in the right direction. we're creating jobs on a consistent basis. not until everybody who wants to find a good job can find one. >> in spite of president obama's policies that the job market is beginning to pick up a little bit, i think there might be some optimism that maybe republicans are going to take the white house and maybe that's spurring people to start taking risices and i'll take that as a reason. >> let's bring in erin burnett. erin, what's behind the increase in these jobs? >> i
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> every last one in the battle for the white house could come down to every new job created or lost. new numbers out today show the economy added 200,000 jobs last month here in the united states. and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%. the lowest level in nearly three years. president obama says his policies have a loot to do with it. no surprise, the republican...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> wisconsin residents are voting right now on an extraordinary move to recall the governor scott walker and replace him with tom barrett. this election might be a sneak preview of the november press connection. the effort to get rid of walker was sparked by his move to get rid of collective bargaining rights for public employees. the state is split down the middle, the nasty battle against the tea party movement that has made vast amounts of money. dana bash reports. >> reporter: at a labor headquarters in madison, a frenzied final push to get out the vote. checking and re-checking lists, last-minute phone calls upon. the climax of a lengthy union effort of the republican governor scott walker. >> this is about mobilizing our people and the base and connecting with our voters. >> reporter: it's a similar scene in a walker war room. gop officials claim to have made 4 million calls and all of this comes at an unprec
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> wisconsin residents are voting right now on an extraordinary move to recall the governor scott walker and replace him with tom barrett. this election might be a sneak preview of the november press connection. the effort to get rid of walker was sparked by his move to get rid of collective bargaining rights for public employees. the state is split down the middle, the nasty battle...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with today's double declarations of victory after the vice presidential debate. first, the republicans. in a little bit mitt romney teams up with congressman paul ryan in the swing state of ohio. and you're going to see their rally live right here in "the situation room." already today romney's called his running mate's debate performance thoughtful, respectful, steady and poised. our national political correspondent jim acosta has more now on the republican's post debate spin. >> reporter: wolf, even though paul ryan said he saw it coming, republican strategists i talk to in the post debate spin room said they were not expecting joe biden's repeated interruptions and laugh out loud style. if the vice president's performance could be summed up as lol, the republican response was omg. >> i'm great. >> reporter: at breakfast after his fiery debate with vice president joe biden, paul ryan still had his sunny side up. >> no. it's what i expecte
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with today's double declarations of victory after the vice presidential debate. first, the republicans. in a little bit mitt romney teams up with congressman paul ryan in the swing state of ohio. and you're going to see their rally live right here in "the situation room." already today romney's called his running mate's debate performance thoughtful, respectful, steady and poised. our national political...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> up first this hour, a cnn exclusive. officials in the region opening up about the terror threat and how it could spread. i'll speak about that with the former secretary of state colin powell. we'll talk in just a few moments, but right now here's our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she's reporting from jordan. >> this is the latest jihadist video from syria. it has all of the hallmarks of al qaeda and includes bomb attacks and a nighttime raid against military outposts. a senior jordanian official tells cnn that there are nearly 1500 al qaeda members and sympathizers now in syria. many have entered the country from iraq and lebanon over the past five months and are part of a growing campaign of bombings and ambushes against syrian intelligence and military targets. in the jordanian capital there is growing worry. >> jordan is very stable. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with cnn while visiting jord
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> up first this hour, a cnn exclusive. officials in the region opening up about the terror threat and how it could spread. i'll speak about that with the former secretary of state colin powell. we'll talk in just a few moments, but right now here's our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she's reporting from jordan. >> this is the latest jihadist video from syria. it has all of...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." first, to what could be a recipe for a whole new political uprising in egypt. you're looking at a live picture of tahrir square in cairo. this scene of last year's historic revolution where thousands are now gathering around unconfirmed reports that the ousted mubarak loyalist, ahmed shafiq, will be named the new president of egypt on sunday. the dramatic development, if true, would be a huge blow for egypt's muslim brotherhood whose opposing runoff candidate, mohammad mursi, has also declared victory. all of this as egypt's military leaders are tightening their so-called iron fist on power. they're raising serious fears right now of a coup. lots at stake. here in the united states, meanwhile, new questions about an egyptian delegation that came to washington. and you won't believe what one group one member is linked to or the places and people he actually got access to. brian todd is joining us now. he's been investigating this story. this is pretty shocking stuff, brian. >> it reall
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." first, to what could be a recipe for a whole new political uprising in egypt. you're looking at a live picture of tahrir square in cairo. this scene of last year's historic revolution where thousands are now gathering around unconfirmed reports that the ousted mubarak loyalist, ahmed shafiq, will be named the new president of egypt on sunday. the dramatic development, if true, would be a huge blow for egypt's muslim brotherhood whose...